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Helping Citizens Advice Bureaus
At today’s meeting of Kent County Council, Labour Group Leader Leslie Christie will propose the scrapping of Kent Health Watch which has proven to be an unmitigated failure.
At a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds Kent Health Watch has seen just a few hundred people make use of what is in essence a duplication of the Government’s LINks service.
Kent Labour is proposing that the £200,000 budget be transferred to strategic business support so that the money can be invested in Kent’s network of Citizens Advice Bureaus.
Leslie Christie said: “Citizens Advice provide such an invaluable service to the people of Kent, we need to ensure that Citizens advice Bureaus have the funding to provide real help where it’s needed.
It’s time to recognise that kent Health Watch has been a failure and like Kent TV it’s time to pull the plug. I am sure Kent’s residents will agree that Citizens Advice Bureaus provide an invaluable service in the County, whereas hardly anyone has heard of or used Kent Health Watch.”
Leslie Christie:
01474 361564 or 07889 639428
